Location: Beside Governor's house, Kiran Shankar Roy Road, B B D Bagh, Kolkata
St John's Church, was among the first public buildings to be erected by the East India Company after Kolkata became the effective capital of British India. Designed by Lieutenant James Agg of the Bengal Engineers and completed by 1787.
It is based on James Gibbs' St. Martin-in the-Fields, London, but due to poor subsoil conditions, the entire fourth tier of the steeple was omitted giving the building a compressed dumpy appearance.
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St John's Church, was among the first public buildings to be erected by the East India Company after Kolkata became the effective capital of British India. Designed by Lieutenant James Agg of the Bengal Engineers and completed by 1787.
It is based on James Gibbs' St. Martin-in the-Fields, London, but due to poor subsoil conditions, the entire fourth tier of the steeple was omitted giving the building a compressed dumpy appearance.
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| Entrance |
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| James Gibb's St Martin-in-the-Fields, Church, London |
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